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Progestin potency – Assessment and relevance to choice of oral contraceptives

Middle East Fertility Society Journal, 2011
Objectives: To evaluate current information on the potency of older and newer progestins and the relevance to oral contraceptive (OC) use. Methods: A medline search back to the last review (1985) was conducted.
Norman Goldstuck
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Lipid Profile in Primary Aldosteronism: Cross‐Sectional and Post‐Treatment Analyses

Lipids, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between primary aldosteronism (PA) and lipid metabolism remains controversial, with inconsistent findings reported in the literature. This study aimed to clarify PA's impact on the lipid profile using both a cross‐sectional comparison with essential hypertension (EH) controls and a longitudinal within‐patient pre‐post ...
Meriem Yazidi, Arige Abid, Chayma Bel hadj Sliman, Elyes Kamoun, Ibtissem Oueslati, Fatma Chaker, Nadia Khessairi, Melika Chihaoui   +7 more
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Efficacy of oral versus vaginal progestogens for early pregnancy maintenance in women with recurrent miscarriages: a randomized controlled trial

Khyber Medical University Journal
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of oral and vaginal progestogens in the maintenance of early pregnancy in women with recurrent miscarriages. METHODS:  This randomized controlled trial was conducted at Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan ...
Laiyla Shinwari, Afrah Aman, Mehwish Syed, Rabia Nawaz, Rehana Rahim   +4 more
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Progesterone, progestins and psychosomatic health of women [PDF]

, 2017
Psychosomatics as a medical perspective and discipline focuses on the interaction of physical and mental health in the specific life situation of a patient, taking into account the physical and emotional well-being, role functioning, satisfaction with ...
Bitzer, Johannes
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Estrogen, Progesterone and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer [PDF]

, 2003
Ovarian carcinoma (OCa) continues to be the leading cause of death due to gynecologic malignancies and the vast majority of OCa is derived from the ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) and its cystic derivatives.
Shuk-Mei Ho
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Trends and Patterns for the Use of Herbal Medicinal Products for Gynaecological Ailments

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most Germans consider herbal medicinal products (HMPs) to be an important supplement to conventional medicine. Despite existing clinical evidence for safety and efficacy, they are still not sufficiently integrated into drug therapy of gynaecological complaints in everyday practice.
Alexandra Drebka, Annika J. Scholl, Teresa Ochs, Olaf Kelber, Ralph Mösges, Beatrice E. Bachmeier   +5 more
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Uptake and Discontinuation Trends From 1996‐2023: An Observational Study of the Welsh Population

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To analyse prescribing trends for oral and transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in Wales from 1996 to 2023, including predictors of discontinuation within one year of initiation. Design Observational study using the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) databank.
Robin Andrews, Arron Lacey, Kate Bache, Emma J. Kidd   +3 more
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Effects of hormonal contraceptive phase and progestin generation on stress-induced cortisol and progesterone release

Neurobiology of Stress, 2019
The stress response differs between women using hormonal contraception and naturally cycling women. Yet, despite ample evidence showing that the stress response differs across the menstrual cycle in naturally cycling women, limited work has investigated ...
Alexandra Ycaza Herrera, Sophia Faude, Shawn E. Nielsen, Mallory Locke, Mara Mather   +4 more
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Health considerations for transgender women and remaining unknowns : a narrative review [PDF]

, 2019
Transgender (trans) women (TW) were assigned male at birth but have a female gender identity or gender expression. The literature on management and health outcomes of TW has grown recently with more publication of research.
Defreyne, Justine, Iwamoto, Sean J, Motmans, Joz, Rothman, Micol S, T'Sjoen, Guy, Van de Bruaene, Laurens, Van Schuylenbergh, Judith   +6 more
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What Happens After Menopause (WHAM)? A Progress Report of a Prospective Controlled Study of Women After Pre‐Menopausal Risk‐Reducing Bilateral Salpingo‐Oophorectomy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical menopause, the removal of both ovaries prior to natural menopause, may impact short‐and long‐term physical and emotional health. An increasingly common cause of surgical menopause is risk‐reducing salpingo‐oophorectomy (RRSO) in those at high inherited risk of ovarian cancer.
Sarah A. L. Price, Pauline M. Maki, Samar R. El Khoudary, Alison Brand, Rakibul M. Islam, Susan M. Domchek, Hadine Joffe, Gita D. Mishra, Katrina M. Moss, Fiona C. Baker, Sabine Braat, John D. Wark, Martha Hickey   +12 more
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